Cabinet for keeping sound records



April 18, 1933. CROUSET 1,904,824

CABINET FOR KEEPING SOUND REC ORDS Filed Jan. 5, 19:51 5 Sheets-Sheet '1 $20, 36 frvwsaf W 41 L Vania)";

April 18, 1933. N ET 1,904,824

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The triangular shape of the partitions-allows the records 6, even of those having'the largest diameter, to protrude beyond the rear sides of the triangle, in orderto engage;

with the two stationary stop laths 16, having for their purpose to limit the entrance of the records into the compartments, and

center the same so as'to cause them to proberof the lower compartments are destined to contain large. records, while the upper tions 5. Saidhammers are formed with one trud'e to an equal extent at the front of the cabinet, along the middle line of the same.

Said stop laths are of different widths, so as to adapt themselves to small and large records,.as may be seen by referring to Figure 5, in whichconstruction a certain numcompartments are to hold small records. In this way, records of several sizes are caused to. protrude to an even extent at the front side.

The

series of hammers 17, formed of a small lath of unwarping wood, all mounted on the same vertical shaft 18, withinterposition of a corresponding'number of washers 19,

of a thickness similar to that of the partiend narrow and the other wide, for the purpose'of using the same hammer for records. of two sizes; mer is arranged with its wide end opposite therecord, asshown withfull lines in Fig-v ure 2, ,while inconnection with largerec- "40 For small records, the hamords, the narrow end of the hammer faces the record, while the wide end extends in oscillates opposite the expelling always assumethe same positions, regardless of the size of the ecords.

a rearward direction, as indicated b y'the dot and dash lines in F igure2. In this arrangement, the part ofthe hammer which device will "of the hammers, acted upon by said device,

l are guided horizontally by a vertical reed 20, with a hammer moving within every opening of the-same.

The object of this arrangement is to maintain the hammers exactly opposite the mechanism The part of the hammeracting on'the record, moves within the end part of the respective c0mpartment, at the free space between the rear of the record 6 and the rod 13.

,The expelling device,,made integral with I the indicating panel, includes a level horizontal piece 21, secured by means of screws.

to the'lower end'of the panel and provided with a, vertical rectangular slot 22, within which freely slides a vertical guide bar 23,,

secured at its opposite ends to the lower board 24 and upper board 25, between record expel-ling device includes a The ends guided for" vertical motion formed in the standard 35. Said piece .42

causes the same to enter into one of the notches 27 the pressure exerted being sufficient to prevent the mechanism and panel from descending by their own weight. The

distance separating the notches is equal to the interval between the compartments and the hammers, so that the expelling mechanism will always assume a position exactly level with one of the hammers.

The sideof thepiece 21 opposite to the panel is formed with a dove tail shaped groove 30, into which enters the correspond ingly shaped part of a slide 31, adapted to move horizontally in said groove, perpendioularly with regard to the hammer, against which it bears with its end, as shown in Figure 2. The other end ofthe slide is provided with a stop 32, having connected to it the end of a flexible traction cord 33 which extends into a flexible incompressible tube 34:, secured to a part of the piece 21, at a suitable distance from said stop. The free space between said part and the stop 32 is greater than the stroke of the slide in the operative motion of the hammer, so order to move the slide and operate'the hammer, said stop 32 willnot abut against the afore-mentioned part of the piece21.

The other end of the cord and of the flexible tube extends into the lever mechanism operated by the control button. The conjoint of the parts forming said mechanism is arranged at theother side of the cabinet and the tube and flexible cord extend to said parts by passing around the rear of the column of partitions 5. To one of the standards 35 of the front frame of the cabinet is secured, to the rear side and at the middle of its height, a suitable bracket with a stud 36, on which is mounted to oscillate the lever 37, jointed at. its other end to another lever 38, forming with the former a sort of horizontal pair of'pincers.

Said pincers are supported by a spring 39, secured to a rear guide 40, the pincers mov ing against said spring. The other end of the lower lever 38 in turn is jointed by means of apin 41 to a sliding piece 42, in a groove is formed integral with the operating butthat when pulling the cord 33 in.

ton 12, which extends outside from said 7 -fore,*in--order to removefa record, it willbe fsufliciem to place the line bearing the title of standard and has the shape of an elongated handle in the case shown in the drawings.

To an intermediate point of the upper lever 5 37 is secured the end ofpthefiexible tube 34 v whereby the'slide 31 will be causedto push thehannner of the correspondingcomp'art- .ment', which-in turn will project the respecand to the lower lever is. attached the cord 33. It will be readily understood that when depressing the button 12, the levers will caused to separate and pull the cord and said pull, being transmitted-tothe slide 31, will carry the same backward and thus op crate a hammer.

In order to prevent the hammers from deviating with regard to the records and titions 5, the edge of the hammer which engages with the record, i's"formedw1th a groove, as indicated at 43 in Figure 5.

against damage by friction and at the same time automatically wlpe the same. to avoid the use of an excessive amount of conveniently arranged in suita-b-le parts of the compartments, so as to prevent the records from coming into. contact with the wooden walls of the same To the-front edge of the compartments, a narrow strip of velvet 44 is also cemented, so as to extend along the upper and lower side of the parti- 45; is longitudinally: attached along the middle line of each parti-' tions. Another strip tion 5 and after passing through a slot 46 formed at about an inch from the front edge of the partition, is cemented to the upper and lower side of the same. Parallel with strips 47 are applied, which also pass through similar slots 48 andare cemented to" the upper and lower sideof the partition, as the strip 45. By thus arranging the vel-' vet strips, the record when entering into the compartment, will not strike against the edge of any strip and gradually cause its.

separation. As the dimensions of the compartments are such that the record when entering will'exert a slight pressure on the 50 velvet, the same will be submitted toa wiping or cleaning action whenever the record is introduced or removed, thereby dispensing with the necessity of specially performing said wiping operations.

The operation of the device above described will be readily understood. Since the spaces between the lines of the panel or indicating device correspond with those formed by thecompartments, it willbe eviwill be situated exactly in front of thehammer pertaining to the compartment whose line on the panel will at that time be at the inserting between these latter and the par "shown; thus, the compartments mightbe ar- In order lining material, several strips of velvet are might be introduced;without departing from p l i with jthe'v indicating panel, said support cardent that a particular line of the panel will always correspond with the same compartg: ment and that the hammer opera-ting device same level with 'the indicator '11. wT-here the desired record opposite to said indicator and tli'endepressthe button or handle 12 ,1

t-ive record a suitableadistance to allow con- {distanceas would do.a record. rould' be unclerstood thatthe arrange-* 8 13 not limlted' tdthe embodiment ranged vertically and the panel be'placedsat another suit-able'part of the cabinet; further, instead of aflexible cord, anotherconveni:

I, further:besevidentthat sevral modlfications 10f other? constructional details.

set forth the following claims.

the scope of the'inventio11,*to be particularly A Having1no'w particularly describedz andy as'certained'the nature ot' 'my said invention andf nwhat manner'the same is to b per k r tot-med; Ideclareflthzltwhat I claim and desire to secure: by Letters Patent, is i :"w l.An improved cabinet 'forkeepingsound the rear sides of the partitions, two similar records, comprising a series of individual compartments for holdingthe records;a'rec 7 0rd eigpellenfor each compartment which operates to w expel the record an operating button; a..mechanism operated by'said buttonsfto operate any one of the expellers; means controlled by the button for actuating the mechanism;' an indicating panel: for

'zregistering thereon,lline by line,cthe titles records in accordance with claim 1, inwhich the mechanism comprises a support integral rying a guide piece within which moves it";

member operated bythe operating button.

l 3. improved cabinet .for keeping sound recordsjin accordance with claim 1,in which the record; ezrpeller'consistsof an] oscillatory Y n hammer, on-e'end ofwhichengages with the M *veniently 1 seizing the :same." Since: allflth 75 1 1 records protrude a'small distance fromvthei'r I -"compartn1en'ts,' the correspondi'ng' empty? compartment will be-re'adilyfound when: it 3 7 {isdesire'd to replacemhe recordl [Inorder "that there may be no confusion with the com partments not containing any'records, small; 7 wooden l'aths 7; are placed in the samepso as fto" project beyond their front edge,'to th A particular advantage of the inventionf consists in the lining of velvet applied to the compartments, whichswill protect the records record and the other with the mechanism acted upon by the operating button, one end of the hammer being narrower than the other.- I

I 5 4. An improved cabinet for keeping sound records in accordance with claim 1, wherein,

the operating button is arranged to acton a traction cord Within a flexible tube of varying length, said cord acting on the mechanisrn operating the record expelling device.

7 5. Anirnproved cabinet for keeping sound records in accordance with claim 1, in which the series of compartments consists of a. stack of horizontal thin boards, separated at i their corners by distances equal to the thickness of the records, the expellers being formed of laths of a thickness equal to that. r of a record, which also are mounted to oscillate on a shaft, with interposition of washers of a thickness equal to the partitions between the compartments, said expellers entering freely into the rear parts 'ofthe compartments, to engage with the rear edges of the records.

' 6. An improved cabinet for keeping sound records in accordance with claim 1, in Whichthe height of the compartments is equal to the thickness of the records, and the partitions between the same arelined with velvet,

' plush or similar material, the lining consisting of a strip cemented to the front edge and to the upper and lower side of each of the partitions, and of a longitudinal strip passing through a slot arranged near the front end'in said partitions and extending rearward from the same, being secured'to the upper and lower sides of said partitions.

r7. An' improved cabinet for keeping sound records in accordance with claim 1, in which 40 the partition walls 'of the compartments are of triangular shape, with one of their sides parallel with the front of the cabinet, so

that the records, when housed therein, will protrude beyond the rear and bear against two abutments arranged transversely to the stack of partitions near the rear sides of the same, so as to cause the records to protrude beyond their front sides to an even amount.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

NICOLAS CROUSET. 

